Search & salvage of shipwrecks
Deep Ocean Search (DOS) are delighted to announce their involvement in Endurance22 expedition. DOS are providing Project Management and Engineering support for the expedition. In addition, DOS will be sending a team of experienced personnel on board the vessel Aghulas II in order to assist in the finding of Shackleton’s ship Endurance. Further announcements will…
A Project Supported by Deep Ocean Search Ltd Kevin James is a friend of one of DOS’s management and is a diving instructor living in the Bahamas. Like most of DOS’s personnel who are divers, Kevin knows that being underwater in a attractive environment can be a very relaxing experience. As he is ex UK military,…
DOS are pleased to confirm their involvement in the finding of the French submarine La Minerve, which was lost in off Toulon, France. The diesel submarine La Minerve was on a military exercise when it disappeared in January 1968. Repeated searches have failed to find the vessel until now. In collaboration with SHOM (French navy hydrographic…
The end of search for Endurance has been announced on Weddell Sea Expedition Website. Abstract: “Following pioneering Antarctic scientific research, Expedition reaches wreck site, but deteriorating weather and ice conditions force searchers to abandon quest for now The Weddell Sea Expedition, which conducted a highly successful multi-disciplinary scientific research programme in Antarctica, has been forced…
Weddell Sea Expedition 2019: “Reach The World” educational program introduces DOS offshore management team onboard S.A. Agulhas II. Holly Ewart takes us into the Online Room on the S.A. Agulhas in the Weddell Sea to meet the Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) team. Channing Thomas, the team leader from Ocean Infinity, describes what an AUV is,…
Deep Ocean Search (DOS) are delighted to announce their involvement in the 2019 Weddell Sea Expedition. DOS were chosen by Maritime Archaeology Consultants to provide specialist personnel to this expedition to conduct under-ice science missions and, ice cover permitting, to search for the wreck of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance, which sank after being crushed…
Ocean Infinity confirms that it has found ARA San Juan, the Argentine Navy submarine which was lost on 15 November 2017. In the early hours of 17 November, after two months of seabed search, Ocean Infinity located what has now been confirmed as the wreckage of the ARA San Juan. The submarine was found in…
DOS is working with Ocean Infinity on the seabed search for the lost submarine ARA San Juan (S-42) which disappeared off the East coast of Argentina. ARA San Juan (S-42) is a TR-1700-class diesel-electric submarine which has been in service with the Argentine Navy since 19 November 1985. In early November 2017, she was part of a navy exercise…
DOS release footage of the British ocean liner R.M.S Orcades RMS Orcades, 23, 456 tons, was an ocean liner and a cruise ship belonging to the Orient Line. She was on a voyage from Capetown to Liverpool, unescorted, in October 1942. She carried 741 passengers, 290 crew, 36 gunners, transporting 3000 tons of mixed cargo and…
DOS releases new footage of the S.S. City Of Cairo HD video footage of the wreck S.S. City Of Cairo, laying at 5150m. She was discovered by Deep Ocean Search in 2012. The SS City of Cairo (Captain William Rogerson) was a mixed cargo and passenger ship belonging to Ellerman Lines and was on a voyage…